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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Learnt/learned
Is it I have learned a lot from you or I have learnt a lot from you?
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Hi, Both. Learnt is BrE only; learned is fine both in AmE and in BrE. <rant> One of my former English teachers (an Oxford graduate) would mark learned as a mistake in our pieces of writing.
- Hi, Both.
- Learnt is BrE only; learned is fine both in AmE and in BrE.
- <rant> One of my former English teachers (an Oxford graduate) would mark learned as a mistake in our pieces of writing.
- For the other teachers (also British, also qualified ESL teachers) it was fine, though.
- Go figure ...
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Hi,
Both. Learnt is BrE only; learned is fine both in AmE and in BrE.
<rant>
One of my former English teachers (an Oxford graduate) would mark learnedas a mistake in our pieces of writing. For the other teachers (also British, also qualified ESL teachers) it was fine, though. Go figure ...
Both. Learnt is BrE only; learned is fine both in AmE and in BrE.
<rant>
One of my former English teachers (an Oxford graduate) would mark learnedas a mistake in our pieces of writing. For the other teachers (also British, also qualified ESL teachers) it was fine, though. Go figure ...
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